Backup and restore in mobile applications

a mobile application and backup technology, applied in the field of wireless mobile devices, can solve the problems of quite high probability of them running out of memory space, and achieve the effect of better use of limited mobile device facilities

Active Publication Date: 2005-05-12
SLACK TECH LLC
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[0017] As can be understood from these examples, by introducing the backup and restore capability to the system, the present invention makes better use of the limited facilities of mobile device. Such advantages will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art from the description and practice of the invention disclosed herein.

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Because mobile devices have limited memory capacity the likelihood of them running out of memory space is quite high.

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[0030] The present invention contemplates backup and restore and the implementation of this concept in mobile applications, as illustrated in FIGS. 5E and 6A-6C and discussed in more detail in conjunction with these Figures. One such application is mobile photos, an example of which is referred to as the Yahoo! Photos™ application. Yahoo! and Yahoo! Photos are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. Any other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

[0031] Although it can be implemented in various applications, for clarity and for illustration, the approach contemplated by the present invention is described here in the context of the Yahoo! Photos application, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-7. The server side of this application is the “server Yahoo! Photos,” and the client side of this application is the mobile client application, or “client Yahoo! Photos.” A client application is generally considered to be a downloadable application; namely, J2ME™ (Java™ 2 platform...

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The need for backup and restore arises in a mobile device based system when a client application is discarded along with its historical record. In a system that provides the backup and restore capability, a server is configured with a request handler, an application storage upload/download handler, and a device storage mirror database. In a mobile device (also client), the transaction listener provides a transaction associated with memory items to the crumb sticker which, in turn, sends to the request handler a recording request with the transaction along with a request URL (uniform resource locator). The data for the recording request is channeled from the client storage to the device storage mirror database via the application storage upload/download handler. The memory items are accumulated in a file at the client and in a backup at the device storage mirror database, and are restorable to the client from the backup.

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REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of and incorporates by reference U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 518,898 entitled “BACK BUTTON IN MOBILE APPLICATION,” U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 518,858, entitled “NAVIGATION PATTERN ON A DIRECTORY TREE,” U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 518,857, entitled “BACKUP AND RESTORE IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS,” and U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 518,897, entitled “UPLOAD SECURITY SCHEME,” all of which were filed Nov. 10, 2003.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to wireless mobile devices and more particularly to applications that offer backup and restore capabilities. Among such applications, one type is a mobile photos application. BACKGROUND [0003] Mobile-friendly technologies are advanced to provide a rich multimedia environment and enhance the wireless device users' experience. An outcome of this evolution is the manifest closeness between the wireless universe and the Internet...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30H04L29/08
CPCG06F11/1451G06F11/1464G06F11/1469H04L67/34G06F2201/80Y10S707/99931Y10S707/99943Y10S707/99955H04L67/04
Inventor JIANG, ZHAOWEI CHARLIEWU, CHRISTOPHERSATO, JOYCUI, YINGQING LAWRENCE
Owner SLACK TECH LLC
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